Can you snorkel in Paros today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Paros starts Sun 16:00 and lasts until 17:00. Around 44% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Paros?

Snorkel during daylight, ideally in the morning before the wind picks up, and around high slack tide when water is clearest and currents are weakest. SnorkelForecast scores every daylight hour in Paros so you can pick the calmest window.

What is the best tide for snorkeling?

High slack tide — within about an hour of the high-tide peak when currents are weakest — is the safest, clearest window. Strong low tides, strong tidal flow near channels or headlands, and large tidal-range days reduce score.

Paros Snorkel Report Today

Greece · Updated Sat 05:02 (EEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Sun 16:52

Paros has a usable snorkeling window around Sun 19:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 7.7/10

Best time: Sun 19:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Sun 20:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.0 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:14

Sunset

20:37

Water

23.8°C

Max air

31.3°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Sun 16:00–17:00 (44% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Sunday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Monday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Tuesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Sun 16:00 until 17:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (32 hours)
Tide/current (32 hours)
Darkness (20 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

Drift estimate from wind, swell, current and warm water.

Low · 34/100

Low peak drift risk around Mon 12:00.

warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; surface drift/current is noticeable; local shoreline exposure is not mapped yet.

Sightings override the model: if you see small purple jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, treat them as sting-capable and give them space.

Upcoming high tides

Mon 15:00

Nearby alternatives in Greece

Naxos

20 km away

✅ Good

Milos

75 km away

✅ Good

Santorini

82 km away

✅ Good

Kos

191 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 13:00 – Sun 13:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.47 around Thu 20:00; 8 of 24 hours are good, fair, or excellent.

Score trend, higher is better. Excellent ≥ 0.72, good 0.55–0.72, fair 0.35–0.55.

Conditions (24h trends)

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0/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 1.06m to 1.42m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 11/24 sampled hours (range 3.81 to 9.86m/s).

Tides range from -0.47m to -0.37m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Scoring methodology (for technical users)

We score each hour from 0 to 1 using daylight and these weighted components:

Wave height (35%): best below 0.36m, then decreases as it rises.
Wind speed (25%): best below 5.4m/s, lower is better.
Sea surface temperature (15%): best within 20.6°C to 30.4°C.
Tide and currents (15%): best around slack/high-tide windows.
Daylight (10%): visibility and safety gate (outside daylight scores lower).

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Thu 13:00	1.18 · high	9.08 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 14:00	1.16 · high	8.76 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 15:00	1.16 · high	8.02 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 16:00	1.14 · high	6.70 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 17:00	1.12 · high	5.40 · good	23.30 · good	fair
Thu 18:00	1.10 · high	4.70 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	1.08 · high	4.31 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	1.08 · high	3.86 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	1.06 · high	3.81 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	1.08 · high	4.00 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	1.08 · high	4.30 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	1.10 · high	4.51 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	1.14 · high	4.65 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	1.16 · high	5.00 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	1.20 · high	5.40 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	1.24 · high	5.90 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Fri 05:00	1.26 · high	6.61 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Fri 06:00	1.30 · high	7.41 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Fri 07:00	1.32 · high	8.51 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 08:00	1.36 · high	8.70 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 09:00	1.38 · high	9.11 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 10:00	1.40 · high	9.64 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 11:00	1.40 · high	9.86 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 12:00	1.42 · high	9.75 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 13:00	1.42 · high	9.73 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 14:00	1.44 · high	9.31 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 15:00	1.44 · high	8.51 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 16:00	1.44 · high	7.41 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Fri 17:00	1.42 · high	6.41 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Fri 18:00	1.42 · high	5.20 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	1.38 · high	4.60 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	1.36 · high	3.90 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	1.32 · high	3.50 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	1.30 · high	3.31 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	1.30 · high	3.45 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	1.28 · high	3.73 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	1.28 · high	3.81 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	1.30 · high	3.57 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	1.30 · high	3.21 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	1.28 · high	3.22 · good	23.00 · good	fair
Sat 05:00	1.28 · high	3.61 · good	23.10 · good	fair
Sat 06:00	1.20 · high	8.00 · high	23.10 · good	fair
Sat 07:00	1.16 · high	8.00 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Sat 08:00	1.14 · high	8.20 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Sat 09:00	1.10 · high	8.27 · high	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 10:00	1.08 · high	8.26 · high	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 11:00	1.06 · high	8.44 · high	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 12:00	1.04 · high	8.51 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	1.02 · high	7.99 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	1.00 · high	7.81 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.98 · high	7.41 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.96 · high	6.71 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.92 · high	5.71 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.90 · high	4.64 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.88 · high	3.40 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.84 · high	2.59 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.82 · high	2.16 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.80 · high	2.08 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.76 · high	1.94 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.74 · high	1.89 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.72 · high	1.88 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.70 · high	1.99 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.68 · high	2.16 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.68 · high	2.11 · good	23.30 · good	good
Sun 05:00	0.66 · high	2.51 · good	23.30 · good	good
Sun 06:00	0.66 · high	3.21 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Sun 07:00	0.66 · high	3.71 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Sun 08:00	0.64 · high	4.30 · good	23.50 · good	fair
Sun 09:00	0.64 · high	4.21 · good	23.60 · good	fair
Sun 10:00	0.62 · high	4.23 · good	23.70 · good	fair
Sun 11:00	0.62 · high	4.18 · good	23.80 · good	good
Sun 12:00	0.60 · high	3.71 · good	23.80 · good	fair